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N. GARST.

LAUNDRY TAG.

No. 418.610. Patented Dec. 31,1889.

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NEWTON GARST, OF WIOHITA, KANSAS.

LAU N DRY-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,610, dated December31, 1889. Application filed February 16, 1889. Serial No- 300,115.(Specimens) To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, NEWTON GARST, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLaundry-Tags, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein. to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification, in

Figure l is a rear plan-view; Fig. 2, a face plan view; Fig. 3, an edgeview; Fig. 4, an end view; Fig. 5, a central cross-sectional View ofsecured at one end and held by means of a guard at its opposite end andhaving a central coil adapting it to be yielding, so its end may bereleased from the guard and be presented free, so it may be passedthrough the fabric of the goods or articles in attaching the tag tothem, and in order that said free end may readily pass through thefabric it is pointed, and when through the fabric is placed within theguard, and thus it isattached to the goods, either singly or in pairs,and the tag is identified by means of its number either stamped orformed on its face.

In use any number of tags .may be used attached to the differentarticles being laundered, dyed, &c., and each tag bear its respectivenumber, and by keeping a record of the several numbers, representingeach lot of articles by a certain number or numbers, any

number of like articles may be laundered or dyed at one time and in onelot and be readily identified by their tag-number when finished, and,thus save marking the articles with ink or sewing a fabric tag or markto them.

' Referring to the drawings, D represents the tag having upon its faceits respective number, (shown at 10 in Fig. 2, also in Fig. 6,) and Srepresents the wire loop having a central body-coil 0. Part a of saidloop is secured to the tag D by meansof bending one edge part of the tagabout it, closely embracing it, or it may also be soldered to rigidlysecure-the loop to the tag. The opposite edge part of the tag from saidunion is beveled either Way and is bent over in such manner that itsbeveled part is parallel with and a distance from the rear body part ofthe tag forming the guard G, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, with the angleofthe bevels nearly meeting the bend of the opposite edge, thus forming aseat for the pointed end of part a of the loop and a guard to prevent itbeing accidentally released, yet leaving a way through which it may bereleased by pressing it below or about the guard G.

For the purpose of closing the space between the coils of the loop, sothat fabric ma terial will not get between said coils and be caughtthereby, an eyelet d-is secured within the coil 0, with its flangesturned against the outer part of the coil, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3,and 5.

In attaching the tag to an article or articles its pointed part a isreleased from guard G, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, when saidpoint is passed through the fabric and placed under and retained byguard G, as shown in Fig. 6.

The particular form of tag and loop shown is not important in thisinvention; but the essential features herein are the connected tag andloop, wherein the tag is numbered and adapted to be detachably attachedby means of its loop and to be attached to goods or articles to belaundered or dyed, and entered in laundering or dyeing with the goods orarticles. Therefore the design and form of the tag and its loop maybevaried and not materially'affect the intention of this invention; also,letters or other characters may be used to substitute the tag-numbershown and not of an attached loop adapted to detachably attach said tagto fabric material and to enter the laundry or dye together with saidfabric, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with tag D,having the guard G and numbered asdescribed, of the wire loop S, consisting of parts a and a and coil 0,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with tag D, having the guard G and numbered asdescribed, of the Wire loop S, consisting of parts a and a and thebody-coil c, and the eyelet cl, secured within said coil, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with loop S, of tag D, having the body-coil c, andthe eyelet (1, secured Within said coil, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

NE\VTON GARST.

Witnesses:

W. R. FRASER, EDW. N. BENHAM.

